Best game of all time!!

[Efrem Da King]

1)Morrowind
2)FF8
3)Ocarina of Time (my pic)
4)Call of Duty
5)Shogun Total War (so much better than medieval)
6)Fifa 2004
7)Soul caliber 2.
8)Pokemon Silver.

[Cazbol]

Best game of all times:
Privateer 2: The Darkening

Best game of those listed:
Shogun Total War

You left out the GAH-option.

[The Wizard]

Best game of all time:
Baldur's Gate II, as I said in the other best game of all time-thread.

[The Tuffen]

I'd say

Zelda: Ocorina of time. It was a really good game, it had enough side quests to keep you entertained and a good story line.

Other great games r:

Morrowind
Shogun + Medieval:TW
Freelancer
Timesplitters 2 (multiplayer is brilliant)
Diablo 2
Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
Mario 64
Star Wars (on the NES)
Micro Machines (again on NES, the multiplayer was fun)
Star Fox (or was it star wing over here in the UK?)
Final Fantasy 7+8
Skies of Arcadia
Shenmue 1 + 2

[Efrem Da King]

Quote[/b] (The Wizard @ April 02 2004,06:21)]Best game of all time:
Baldur's Gate II, as I said in the other best game of all time-thread.

Balders gate 2 sucks.

[Ser Clegane]

Quote[/b] (Efrem Da King @ April 02 2004,07:32)]

Quote[/b] (The Wizard @ April 02 2004,06:21)]Best game of all time:
Baldur's Gate II, as I said in the other best game of all time-thread.

Balders gate 2 sucks.

Why?

Actually it would definitely rank among the top5 on my list as well...

[Efrem Da King]

Because it is a horrible game.

[Alrowan]

1. Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries - played it till i dropped
2. Medieval Total War - No need to explain
3. Europa Universalis 2 - No matter what i do, i always come back to this game
4. Shogun Total War
5. Mechwarrior 2
6. Sim City 4
7. Call of Duty
8. Victoria
9. Age of Empires 2
10. Grand Theft Auto 3
11. Heroes of Might and Magic 2
12. Warlords 2
13. Duke Nukem 3D (u either loved it or hated it)


and plenty more i have probably forgotten to mention

[Sir Zack de Caldicot]

Quote[/b] (Efrem Da King @ April 02 2004,04:58)]1)Morrowind
2)FF8
3)Ocarina of Time (my pic)
4)Call of Duty
5)Shogun Total War (so much better than medieval)
6)Fifa 2004
7)Soul caliber 2.
8)Pokemon Silver.

LOL, whats with Pokemon Silver

[Efrem Da King]

I'm not Into it but someone might be.

[Kekvit Irae]

I refuse to acknowledge the existance of Final Fantasy 8. *shudder*

And my favorite games would have to be...

Daggerfall (first and foremost)
Thief Gold
Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 6
Thief II (only for the player-made levels)
Half-Life (again, only for the player-made mods)

EDIT: Doh, forgot two...
Neverwinter Nights
Baldur's Gate II

[Nowake]

So, in this order, not especially for how good they were, but for inovations

Imperialism
Lords of the Realm III
Starcraft
Shogun Total War (not much better, way off better than Medieval)
Morrowind
Warcraft III
Savage (at least what I've played in the demo, mp only)

[Efrem Da King]

YOu have no taste kekvitirae FF8 Rocks, FF7 is medicore at best.

[Nowake]

Tastes should not be argued about.

[Matt Deckard]

Quote[/b] (Efrem Da King @ April 03 2004,13:57)]YOu have no taste kekvitirae FF8 Rocks, FF7 is medicore at best.

No Way As much as i loved FF8, and i really did, FF7 had the most engaging storyline of any game i've played to date. And the materia system was a work of art.

[Kekvit Irae]

I barely stomached 8. I finally just reset the game and rename the Squall to Angst, which was a more fitting name.

[The Wizard]

Quote[/b] (Efrem Da King @ April 02 2004,22:45)]Because it is a horrible game.

Now tell me, why? Because BGII was positively one of the most absorbing gaming experiences I've ever had.

And FFVIII was a great game, IMO. Squall was a bit of a drag, but never too much.



~Wiz

[Kekvit Irae]

Quote[/b] (The Wizard @ April 03 2004,05:16)]Now tell me, why? Because BGII was positively one of the most absorbing gaming experiences I've ever had.

I enjoyed playing my solo Mage. No companions, no cheats. Pure hell until I got the Staff of the Magi, then it was all downhill from there.

[Ser Clegane]

Quote[/b] (Efrem Da King @ April 02 2004,16:45)]Because it is a horrible game.

I probably shouldn't have bothered to ask

[The Wizard]

Quote[/b] (kekvitirae @ April 03 2004,11:21)]

Quote[/b] (The Wizard @ April 03 2004,05:16)]Now tell me, why? Because BGII was positively one of the most absorbing gaming experiences I've ever had.

I enjoyed playing my solo Mage. No companions, no cheats. Pure hell until I got the Staff of the Magi, then it was all downhill from there.

Eh?



~Wiz

[Kekvit Irae]

Quote[/b] (The Wizard @ April 03 2004,05:51)]

Quote[/b] (kekvitirae @ April 03 2004,11:21)]I enjoyed playing my solo Mage. No companions, no cheats. Pure hell until I got the Staff of the Magi, then it was all downhill from there.

Eh?



~Wiz

Indeed.

[Rosacrux]

Solo-ing BG2 with a classic Kensai-Mage was a treat. But a fighter-thief was also a pretty funny combo - I missed them spels on occassions though...

I have liste my preferences in a another similar thread, but here goes again:

- Civ series (all three)
- Master of Orion 2
- HOMM 2&3 (almost forgot about that... see what a lousy #4 does to a great series?)
- BG and BG2
- TW series

[Crandaeolon]

Can't name an overall best game, but I'll try by genre:

RPG: Planescape Torment.

FPS: Hmm... tough one. For MP, Enemy Territory. (UT2004 is a strong contender, but it's too new to be included.) For SP, probably Operation: Flashpoint.

RTS: Total Annihilation, of course. The interface was years ahead of its time: unlimited queuing of units and orders is something that's still rare in games. Simple economics with the focus on combat. The huge community has supplied lots of great mods. Modern machines can run the game with literally thousands of units involved in battles on unprecedently large maps.

TBS: Either Steel Panthers: World at War or Dominions 2. Dom 2 is too new to say for certain, though, so I think I'll go with SP:WAW. And it's free Alpha Centauri, MOO2 and Civs get a honourable mention.

(Space) Sim: Freespace 2. It gave capital ships a reason to exist (beam weapons). Great military atmosphere.

Action: Diablo 2. I was a hopeless addict for a couple of years, so it's gotta count for something. The new Prince of Persia is very entertaining as well, but it probably doesn't have a lasting appeal.

System Shock: Yes, it deserves its own genre. And the first Shock is the better one IMO.

[Efrem Da King]

Quote[/b] (kekvitirae @ April 03 2004,04:46)]I barely stomached 8. I finally just reset the game and rename the Squall to Angst, which was a more fitting name.

Squall is my fav main character in a video game of all time. I mean. You get to play an absolute ####### IT is sooo much fun.




I tried BG2 once. Gave up after 5 mins, went back to morrowind and uninstalled it, stupidly overated.

[Ser Clegane]

In no particular order:

- Baldur's Gate 2
- STW + MTW
- KOTOR
- Age of Wonders 2
- HOMM 3 (I have to agree with Rosacrux on HOMM 4 ... hopefully HOMM 5 will be an improvement)
- Tie Fighter
- Dark Forces

and for nostalgic reasons:

- The Bard's Tale


BTW, the expansion to HOMM 3 has IMO been a good example that listening to the group of hardcore fans does not necessarily lead to a better game.
The developers intended to add a new city with a mixture of Warhammer-like and cyborg units (e.g., Naga-tank), after heavy protests of parts of the community (IIRC at Astralwizard) threatening not to buy the expansion, the devs dropped the plan and went to a lukewarm elemental city instead ... sad

[Ser Clegane]

Quote[/b] (Efrem Da King @ April 03 2004,07:14)]I tried BG2 once. Gave up after 5 mins, went back to morrowind and uninstalled it, stupidly overated.

I am sure 5 min is plenty of time to develop a well-founded opinion on a game

[The Wizard]

Well Efrem, I agree with you on Morrowind. It's quite overrated, I don't like it. This might change, I'm not that far into the game yet.

Ok, let's do a category-by-category listing.

RPG: Baldur's Gate II. My God, I wish more developers put this much time in their games.

RTS: WarCraft III. Actually an RTS for which you need skills instead of knowing what unit to use against another.

TBS: Total War. Hehe, call it a wargame, whatever you want.

FPS: Wouldn't know, not a genre which can hold my imagination for long.

Sim: While not really a sim 'cause it's never happened before, Freespace 2. Epicness.

Citybuilding/sandbox: Sim City. Yeah baby

Godgame: Black & White. Great game, but it misses the epic scale which Peter Molyneux wanted. Too bad his new baby is Fable, I guess he never did like sequels. Even worse: that game is for XBox only.



~Wiz

[Fragony]

I found morrowind so empty, sure there were npc, but no interesting ones. The only character I liked was that telvani wizard that allowed thieves for his entertainment. And, the game is just to easy. Sure you can slide up the difficulty but being slain by a rat just feels wrong. You also level way too fast. What it does right however it does with grandeur, it really has moments of brilliance, the first time I saw a storm.....wow. Total immersion. And you really have the freedom to become whatever you want. For example, I hate killing NPC. I made a thief character with illusion magic, and I have not killed until I was level 20 and had to kill someone for the main quest. Sneaking and pickpocketing was enough to complete most sidequests. Maybe that is why I am so hard on this one, it is very good, but it could have been so great.

[Teutonic Knight]

#1. The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time

#2. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

#3. Cossacks: The Art of War (Mod1)

#4. Medieval: Total War

For it to be on this list I have to have been playing it for at least 1 1/2 years continuously.

[Chimpyang]

IMHO you cant really point out BEST GAME EVER cos eventually therell b another very good game tht will come along and steal it's crown.